If the retailer is in a competitive market and can't pass on the retail fee, that cuts into his profit. If the retailer has monopoly power, in the way economists describe it, then he can pass it on and it comes from the consumer.
Prof. Barry Scholnick
If the retailer is in a competitive market and can't pass on the retail fee, that cuts into his profit. If the retailer has monopoly power, in the way economists describe it, then he can pass it on and it comes from the consumer.
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